Maria Paula Baptista da Costa Antunes
CURRICULUM VITAE (Short)
PROFILE
Paula Antunes has a degree in Environmental Engineering (5 years) and a PhD in
Environmental Systems from the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is Full Professor at the
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she has been a lecturer since 1982. She teaches
Environmental Management, Corporate Environmental Management, Ecological Economics
and Sustainability Science both in MSc and PhD programs (Environmental Engineering MSc
Program, European Master in System Dynamics and Environment PhD Program).
Paula Antunes was the Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering in
the period 2006-2009 and she currently is the Director of CENSE – Center for Environmental
and Sustainability Research, classified as Excellent in the scope of the Programa de
Financiamento Plurianual de Unidades de I&D of the Foundation for Science and Technology
(FCT-MCTES).
She has a background in environmental engineering and considerable experience in
developing interdisciplinary research and coordinating multidisciplinary research teams in the
interface between natural and social sciences. Her research interests are focused in ecological
economics with an emphasis in sustainability assessment, system dynamics modelling,
environmental management and methods and tools for stakeholder engagement in
environmental planning and decision support.
She has coordinated and participated in several research projects, financed by the European
Commission and the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. She has also
participated in several studies both for public and private organizations, dealing with
environmental assessment, support to the development and implementation of environmental
policies, sustainability monitoring and benchmarking. She has authored and co-authored a
significant number of publications in peer-reviewed journals and books and she has
collaborated in several national and international expert panels. She is Associate Editor of
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Ecological Economics and has been Vice-President of the European Society for Ecological
Economics (ESEE) between 2006-2009 and has served in the board of the International Society
for Ecological Economics (ISEE) (2002-2004). She was a member of the Portuguese Council for
Sustainable Development between 2009-2011 and belongs to the Scientific Council for
Natural Resources and the Environment of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and
Technology.
1. PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Maria Paula Baptista da Costa Antunes
Place and Date of Birth:
Lisboa, July 28, 1959
Nationality:
Portuguese
Work Address:
Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Quinta da Torre
2829-516 CAPARICA
PORTUGAL
Telephone:
+351212948300 ext. 10123
e-mail:
[email protected]
internet:
http://www.dcea.fct.unl.pt/cense
2. EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1982
Degree in Environmental Engineering (5 years), Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
1985
Teaching and Research Capabilities exam, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Title of the Monography: Environmental Impact
Assessment Methodologies.
1990
PhD in Environmental Engineering, Domain: Natural Systems, Universidade Nova de
Lisboa. Thesis title: Integrated System for Environmental Impact Assessment.
2002
Habilitation in Environmental Systems, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Theme of the
Lesson: Environmental Regulation and Corporate Strategies.
3. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
1982
Teaching Assistant, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente,
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
1982-1985 Junior Lecturer, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade
de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
1985-1990 Lecturer, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de
Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
1990-1997 Assistant Professor, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente,
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, (with tenure
since 1995).
1997-2012 Associate Professor, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente,
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (with
habilitation since 2002).
2011-…
Founder and executive manager of 2eco – gestão do ambiente e economia
ecológica.
2012- …
Full Professor, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade
de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Relevant positions
Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Sciences
and Technology, New University of Lisbon (2006-2009)
Supervision and coordination of the overall teaching, research and other activities of the
Department (staff of 31 PhD + other lecturers + administrative and technical staff)
Director of CENSE - Centre for Environmental and Sustainability Research (since 2007)
Overall supervision and coordination of the activities of the research centre. CENSE has 22
researchers (PhD) that supervise around 40 young researchers. CENSE obtained the
classification of Excellent in the external evaluation of research units promoted by the
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
4. TEACHING
Development of teaching programmes and curricula; 30 years experience in lecturing in the
fields
of
Ecological
Economics,
Environmental
Management,
Sustainability
Science,
Environmental Systems Analysis and Environmental Impact Assessment, both at the
undergraduate and graduate levels.
Coordinator of the Environmental Engineering Programme at FCT-UNL (2001-2007) and of the
MSc in Environmental Policy and Management (1998-2002). Coordinator of the European
Master in System Dynamics at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 2011. Member of the
Scientific Committee of the PhD in Environment. Supervision of a large number of PhD and
MSc students.
5. RESEARCH PROJECTS
Coordination and undertaking of research activities in the fields of ecological economics,
environmental and sustainability assessment and environmental policy. Participation and
coordination of several research projects, both nationally and internationally funded (mostly
under EU FP Research Programmes). Recent research projects include:

ADVISOR – Integrated Evaluation for Sustainable River Basin Governance (EC FP5 program;
coordinator)

PIGS – Integrated Project for Pig Farming Management (EU-LIFE-ENV)

FRAP - Development of a procedural Framework for Action Plans to Reconcile conflicts
between the conservation of large vertebrates and the use of biological resources:
fisheries and fish-eating vertebrates as a model case (EC FP6 Program)

PLEIADeS - Participatory multi-Level EO-assisted tools for Irrigation water management
and Agricultural Decision-Support, (EC- FP6)

CEECEC - Civil Society Engagement with Ecological Economics (EC - FP7 SiS Program)

GOVERNAT - Multi-level Governance of Natural Resources: Tools and Processes for Water
and Biodiversity Governance in Europe (EC - Marie Curie Research Training Network)

THEMES - Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability Research (EC - Marie Curie
Series of Summer Schools)

PROSUITE - Development and application of a standardized methodology for the
PROspective SUstaInability assessment of Technologies (EU-FP7-ENV-2009)

POLICYMIX - Assessing the Role of Economic Instruments in Policy Mixes for Biodiversity
Conservation and Ecosystem Services Provision, (EU FP7-ENV-2009)

SCALES - Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and
spatial, temporal and Ecological Scales, (EU FP7-ENV-2008).

SIRIUS
-
Sustainable
Irrigation
water
management
and
River-basin
governance:
Implementing User-driven Services, (EU FP7-SPACE)

RESPONDER - linking RESearch and POlicy-making for managing the contradictions of
sustaiNable consumption anD Economic gRowth, (EU FP7-ENV-2010)
6. STUDIES AND CONTRACT PROJECTS
Coordination and collaboration in numerous studies and consultancy projects to support
environmental policy and sustainability appraisal for different public and private entities in
Portugal. Focus in environmental impact assessment (EIA), strategic environmental essessment
(SEA), environmental policy appraisal, sustainability performance assessment, participation and
governance of environmental issues.
Recent studies have been undertaken for the Ministério do Ambiente, Ordenamento do
Território e Desenvolvimento Regional, ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, Observatório do QREN,
CCDR-Centro, Azores Regional Government, Portuguese Regulator of Energy Services (ERSE),
Tagus Water Region Authority, Alentejo Water Region Authority. Examples include:

Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Azores Water Region Management Plan, for
the Regional Secretary for the Environmnent and the Sea, Azores Regional Government,
2011-2012.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Almada Municipality Masterplan, for the
Municipality of Almada, 2010-2012.

Scientific support to the preparation of River Basin Management Plans of Watershed
Regions of Sado and Mira (RH6) and Guadiana (RH7) in the area of public participation,
for ARH Alentejo, 2010-2011.

Scientific support to the preparation of River Basin Management Plans for the Tejo Water
Region Authority in the areas of participation and strategic environmental assessment, for
ARH Tejo, 2009-2011.

Environmental and Sustainability Strategic Monitoring of the National Reference
Framework Program 2007-2013 and of the Operational Programs financed by the
Regional Development Fund (FEDER) and Cohesion Fund, for the Observatório do QREN;
2009-2010.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Center Region Land-Use Management Plan, for
the Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro; 2008-2010.

Sustainable Management of Public Spaces. Financed by ANA, Aeroportos de Portugal SA;
2008-2010.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Strategic Transport Plan. Financed by the
Ministry of Public Works, Transportations and Communication; 2008-2009.

Evaluation of the Performance of the Public Polices of the Ministry for the Environment,
Land-Use Planning and Regional Development. Financed by the Ministry for the
Environment, Land-Use Planning and Regional Development, 2008-2009.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Azores Regional Land-Use Management Plan.
Financed by Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar, Direcção Regional do
Ordenamento do Território e dos Recursos Hídricos; 2008.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Reference Framework Program 20072013 and of the Operational Programs financed by the Regional Development Fund
(FEDER) and Cohesion Fund. Financed by the Ministry for the Environment, Land-Use
Planning and Regional Development; 2006-2007.

Sustainability Benchmarking of the Real Estate Sector, for Sonae Imobiliária, 2004.

Study on the Electricity Sector and the Environment, for ERSE – Entidade Reguladora dos
Serviços Energéticos, 2000-2003.

Monitoring of the Environmental Impacts of the Construction of Highway A2, between
Castro Verde/Almodôvar, Almodôvar/S. Bartolomeu de Messines and S. Bartolomeu de
Messines/VLA for BRISA, 2001-2002.

Follow-up of the Environmental Impact Studies of the Polis Program in Castelo Branco,
Cacém, Leiria, Albufeira e Costa da Caparica, Parque Expo SA, 2001-2002.

Follow-up of the Environmental Impact Assessment Process of the Projecto de Ampliação
e Beneficiação Sistema de Saneamento da Costa do Estoril, for SANEST, SA, 2001.
7. PUBLICATIONS
Has authored more than 60 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals and as
chapters in books published internationally. Has contributed to more than 180 papers
presented in international scientific conferences, many of them with published proceedings.
Recent relevant publications:
Karadzic, V., Antunes, P., Grin, J., 2013. How to learn to be adaptive? An analytical framework
for organizational adaptivity and its application to a fish producers organization in Portugal.
Journal of Cleaner Production, 45, 29-37.
Santos, R., Ring, I., Antunes, P., Clemente, P., 2012. Fiscal transfers for biodiversity
conservation: the Portuguese Local Finances Law. Land Use Policy, 29, 2, 261-273.
Videira, N., Lopes, R., Antunes, P., Santos, R., Casanova, J., 2012. Mapping maritime
sustainability issues with stakeholder groups. Systems Research & Behavioural Science, 29, 6,
596-619.
Antunes, P., Karadzic, V., Santos, R., Beça, P., Osann, A., 2011. Participatory multi-criteria
analysis of irrigation management alternatives: The case of Caia irrigation district, Portugal.
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 9, 2, 334-349.
Sardinha, I.D., Reijnders, L., Antunes, P., 2011. Using corporate social responsibility
benchmarking framework to identify and assess corporate social responsibility trends of real
estate companies owning and developing shopping centres, Journal of Cleaner Production, 19,
1486-1493.
Videira, N., Antunes, P., Santos, R., R. Lopes, 2010. A participatory modelling approach to
support integrated sustainability assessment processes, Systems Research & Behavioral
Science, 27, 446-460.
Antunes, P., Kallis, G., Videira, N., Santos, R., 2009. Participation and evaluation for sustainable
river basin governance. Ecological Economics, 68, 4, 931-939.
Videira, N., Antunes, P., Santos, R., 2009. Scoping river basin management issues with
participatory modelling: The Baixo Guadiana experience. Ecological Economics, 68, 4, 965-978.
Freitas, D., J. Gomes, T. Sales Luis, L. Madruga, C. Marques, G. Baptista, L. Rosalino, P. Antunes,
R. Santos, M. Santos-Reis, 2007. Otters and Fish Farms in the Sado Estuary: ecological and
socio-economic basis of a conflict, Hydrobiologia, 587:51-62.
Santos, R., P. Antunes, P. Mateus, G. Baptista, L. Madruga, Participatory Design of
Environmental Policy Mixes, 2006, Ecological Economics, 60, 100-110.
Kallis, G., N. Videira, P. Antunes, A. Guimarães Pereira, C. Spash, H. Coccossis, S. Corral
Quintana, L. del Moral, D. Hatzilacou, G. Lobo, A. Mexa, P. Paneque, B. Pedregal, R. Santos,
2006, Participatory Methods for Water Resources Planning and Governance, Environment and
Planning C: Government and Policy 24, 215-234.
Antunes, P., R. Santos, N. Videira, 2006, Participatory Decision Making for Sustainable
Development – The Use of Mediated Modeling Techniques, Land Use Policy, 23, 44-52.
Videira, N., P. Antunes, R. Santos,
G. Lobo, 2006, Public and Stakeholder Participation in
European Water Policy: A Critical Review of Project Evaluation Processes, European
Environment, 16, 19-31.
Dias-Sardinha, I., Reijnders, L., Antunes, P., 2006. Developing sustainability balanced scorecards
for environmental services: A study of three large Portuguese companies. Environmental
Quality Management, 16, 4, 13-34.
Videira, N., Antunes, P., Santos, R., Gamito, S., 2003. Participatory modelling in environmental
decision-making: The Ria Formosa Natural Park case study. Journal of Environmental
Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 5, No. 3, 421-447.
Antunes, P., R. Santos, L. Jordão, 2001, The Application of Geographical Information Systems
to Determine Environmental Impact Significance, Environmental Impact Assessment Review,
21, 511-535.
R. Costanza, F. Andrade, P. Antunes, M. van den Belt, D. Boesch, D. Boersma, F. Catarino, S.
Hanna, K. Limburg, B. Low, M. Molitor, J. Pereira, S. Rayner, R. Santos, J. Wilson, M. Young,
1999. Ecological Economics and Sustainable Governance of the Oceans, Ecological Economics,
31, 2, 171-187.
Antunes, P., R. Santos, 1999. Integrated Environmental Management of the Oceans, Ecological
Economics, 31, 2, 215-226.
Costanza, R., F. Andrade, P. Antunes, M. van den Belt, D. Boersma, D. Boesch, F. Catarino, S.
Hanna, K. Limburg, B. Low, M. Molitor, J. Pereira, S. Rayner, R. Santos, J. Wilson, M. Young,
1998. Principles for Sustainable Governance of the Oceans, Science, 281, 198-199.
8. RELEVANT TASKS AS SCIENTIFIC REVIEWER; SCIENTIFIC/ADVISORY
PANELS
Evaluation of proposals for research projects for the European Commission under several calls
in FP5, FP6 and FP7 Research Programmes in several topics in the fields of Environment/
Sustainable Development. Evaluation panel for Post-doctorate, PhD and MSc Scholarships
applications in the Environment domain for the Portuguese Foundation for Science and
Technology, the Azores Regional Government and European Commission (Marie Curie).
Independent expert appointed by the European Commission for the 3rd periodic review of the
Network of Excellence Alter-Net – A Long-Term Biodiversity, Ecosystem and Awareness
Research Network, (EC FP6 Research Program) (2007).
Member of a panel composed of 10 international experts to evaluate the results of EU funded
research in Integrated Water Resources Management under the EU-INCO Program covering
10 years of Community funding (comprising FP4- 1994-1998; FP5 - 1998-2002 and FP6 2002-2006 programs) (2005-06).
Member of the Scientific Council for Natural and Environmental Sciences of the Portuguese
Foundation for Science and Technology, since 2010.
Member of the Commission for Evaluation of Study Cycles in Environment and Sustainable
Development, A3ES – Portuguese Agency for the Accreditation of Higher Education, since
2011.
Member of the Evaluation Pannel of the Environmental Performance Enhancement Plans of
Electricity Sector Companies 2009-2011, for the Portuguese Energy Services Regulator.
Member of the Portuguese Council for Sustainable Development (CNADS), (2008-2011).
Vice-President of the European Society for Ecological Economics (ESEE), (2006-2009). Member
of the Board of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE) (2002-04). Member of
the Kenneth E. Boulding Award Selection Committee (ISEE), since 2008.
Associate Editor of Ecological Economics, (Elsevier Science Publishers, Journal of the
International Society for Ecological Economics); member of the Editorial Board of The Year in
Ecological Economics (New York Academy of Sciences); member of the Editorial Board of
REVIBEC - Revista Iberoamericana de Economia Ecológica.